Uttarakhand board Class 12 Half Yearly 2021 Question Paper English

Roll No -22
Name
No. of Printed Pages:04
Haif Yearly
Examination 2021-2022
Time: 3 Hrs. Subject English M.M.: 100
Class 12
Note: This question paper is divided into four sections A, 8, C& D.Al

sections are
compulsory. Marks are indicated against each questions.
SECTION"A" (Reading)
. Head the passage given below and answer the questions that follow : 12

9 h e most common question that students ask is 'How to study some

also gather the courage to ask 'why to study' of you have a why, the

hows will come by the most important question that so many of us tail
to ask is why we should study hight fron our childho0od we are told to
study. But we are rarely told the season. Why we must study and that

is why so often most of us tail to achieve out academic goal.
( ) A very dangerous idea is to study tor SCoring high marks this will put

you in the purely competitive lane and you will judge your progress
solely by your marks remember not to hype up your marks they first
will tell you how you are doing people tail to realize this simple fact that
marks are nothing more then your performance, To improve your marks
you need to improve your pertormance.
(i) One of the most important objective to study Is a career a degree en-
sures that you get a job when you grow up or you will have suficient
knowledge to operate your own business. In fact the best of the de
grees ensures a smooth life. That is one of the reasons why you must
study. Remember even if you do not study you will be able to earn but

you will be dependent and you will have to work harder there can be

many other reasons, but in my opinion educates must be pursued for
knowledge for the pure worship- of knowledge. Education build up your
character and refines your soul. To know the true value of education

ask commeons who is ellilerate and you urll realuze of immenss value

of something you have been taking for granted.

(1) PTO

Questions.
achieve academic goal ?
(a) ,i) Why do we tail to
(i). How is a person's progress judged in a competitive word? 2

(ii) What problen can an illiterate person face
?
education helpful to us
(iv Hon is

tell the true value of education ?
(V Who can

(b) Find the words from the passage which have the same meaning: 3

YSeldom (Para-1) gi) To get or recieve (Para-3)
(4) A person who cannot read or wrie (Para-3)

Section- 8 (Advanced Writing Skills)
2. The Environment Club of your school is organizing a tree plantation
drive on the World Environment Day around your school and in the
neighbourhood.Write a notice in not more than 50 words inviting

students to volunteer for the event. Give all the relevant details. You
are Secretary of the Club.
OR
You have a three-bedroom ground floor flat in a posh locality. You want to
sell it off as you are going abroad. Write an advertisement in not more
than 50 words to be published in the classified columns of a local daily
giving all the necessary detaiis. Your contact number is: 777 777 2800.

3. You are Neha/Akhil, last week you attended a seminar on
The Importance ot Blood Donation" organised by the Red Cross

Society Almora write a report on the seminar in about 125 words. 10
OR

Every year school celebrates ihe Children's Day that falls on 14 of
November, the birthday of Nehfuji write a report in 100-125 words you
are Rohit/ Renu of public School Kath godam.
4. You have read an advertisement in Ihe National Times for the post of

a Chartered Accountant in Hills Industry, Kanpur. You believe you possess
the requisite qualifications and experience and would prove to be an as-

set to the company. Apply for the poS1, gving your complete biodata stress-

ing your suitability. You are Sanjayanjand oB15, Awas Vikas, Kanpur.10
(2)

OR
Police
about many law
Write a letter to the Senior S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of RavilRama
are
campus. You
your school
ess activities going on outside
of Inter College, Almora.
AS a
the world.
5. Thc COVID-19 has resulted in schools shut all across
ESU, EOUcation has changed dramatically. In this context wrie di

in about 1 b 0 O
d i i c i e on the 'Contribution of Technology in Education 10
200 words.
OR
household. vvnie
Television today has become an integral part of every
150-200 words.
an article on The Role of Television in our Life' in about
Section c (Literature)
that follow:
6. Read the extract given below and answer the questions
Driving trom my parent's home to Cochin last Friday

morning. saw my mother, beside me,
doze, open mouthed, hr face ashen like that
o1 a corpse and realised with pain)

that she was as old as she looked but soon.

a) Where was the poetess dniving to? Who
was sitting beside her? 2
about her mother?
b)What did the poetess notice
1
mother been compared to a copse?
C Why has the tace of her
1
What did the poetess realise?
d)
OR

is wicked, the map a bad examples.
Surely, Shakespeare
them to steal.
Withe ships and sun and love tempting
holes.
For lives they slyhy tura in their cramped

From fog to endless night.
to be wicked ? 2
a) Why has Shakespeare been said
been said to be a bad example.
b) Why has the m
(c) What kind of life do they live ?

7. Answer any the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.

a) What are the donations on 'sour cream walls' indicated by the

(3)

poet Stephen Spender?
b) How does the poer de e sium children in the poem
A
Elementary School Cassroom
in a Slum'?
c) What does the poet see when she looks outside during her drive

the airport?
d) What is the sadness that the poel refers to in the poem Keeping Quier?
8. Answer the tollowing questions in 30 to 40 words each: 12
a) How did Douglas overcome nis tear of water?

b) What tempted Franz to run away and spend the day out of doors?

c)What is Saheb's full name What does it mean? Does Saheb
know the meaning of his name?

d) How is Mukesh 's atyude lo his situalion diferent from that of his family?

e) How did M Hamel wish his country betore the close of school that day
1) What is the misadventure that wiliam Douglas speaks about?

9. Answer the following questions in 125 to 150 words: 10
How did the swimming instructor builda swimmer out of Douglas?
OR
Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles
industry.
10. Answer the following questions in 125 to 150 words:
Give a briet account of the things and persons on his third level of the

Grand Central Station that Charley had seen there.
OR
Who was Dr. Sada0? Where did he live? Describe his early lite and
education.
11. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each: 10
a) Who is Jo? How does she want the story to end?
b) What does the third level reter to ?
d) Why does Dr. Sadao save e e of an enemy soldier?

d) Why does Derry enter the garden?

What is the bond that
e) unites ine iwo- Mr. Lamb, the old and Deny.
the small boy?